IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH007037
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH007-037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72029
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 3W
  • Location Description: Jefferson Twp., 1.5 miles E and 320 yds. S of St.Rt.167, 15 yds W of Black Sea Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: alexander, meyer, holowaychuk, touvell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheffield
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - 7a1
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Sandstone + shale
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001256. Representative pedon for the series.
    E—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent coarse distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001257. Representative pedon for the series.
    Bw—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001258. Representative pedon for the series.
    Btx1—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001259. Representative pedon for the series.; continuous - phpvsfiid 975358; continuous - phpvsfiid 975358
    Btx2—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) Error; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; very firm; faint gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001260. Representative pedon for the series.; continuous - phpvsfiid 975359; continuous - phpvsfiid 975359
    C1—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; massive; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0001261. Representative pedon for the series.
    C2—152 to 213 centimeters (59.8 to 83.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0001262. Representative pedon for the series.
    C2—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSUB001262. Representative pedon for the series.